Education
education is everything
Children with disabilities, those in crisis, and girls encounter significant obstacles in accessing education, and they experience severe consequences when denied this opportunity. Universal education serves as a protective measure against violence, abuse, exploitation, and even the impact of natural disasters. Regardless of age, individuals who receive an education gain access to a future that would otherwise be unattainable. Educated women have greater earning potential and raise healthier children, while increased education in general opens up a wider range of opportunities for individuals.
Did You Know?
By 2022, 11 years into the Syria crisis, 2.4 million children had been forced out of school. 60% are boys. The conflict’s impact on children is abundantly clear.
ACTIVITIES
School Rehabilitation
From 2020-2023, ADRA rehabilitated a total of 72 schools, providing education for 40,437 children.
Governorate: Deir ez-Zour
ADRA rehabilitated Ahmed Sewed School, which is now operational for the first time since the conflict.
Governorate: Homs
Mahmoud Ammar School
Status: Ongoing.
The project has reached 5% completion.
Remedial Classes
Through numerous projects, ADRA provides remedial classes throughout Syria for children who have fallen behind in school. Returning children to school is a priority of ADRA as the country recovers from crisis and conflict.
Deir ez-Zour and Rural Damascus:
Remedial classes are ongoing in target schools in these areas.
Homs:
The three-month round of remedial classes in Homs concluded on 13 April 2023.
A post-exam was conducted for the students, and significant improvements in their educational progress were observed.
Aleppo:
ADRA has identified two schools in Aleppo to host both the Out-of-School Children (OOSC) and Remedial programs.
Khawla Bint Al Azwar school: 240 students, including 7 with disabilities, and 11 teachers.
Maen Bin Zaeda school: 226 students, including 1 with disabilities, and 13 teachers.
These two schools are adjacent to each other and operate in a single shift.
Remedial classes are scheduled to begin in May 2023.
Non-Formal Education (NFE) Complementary Activities
ADRA believes in a holistic approach to education. Our education activities don’t just end at school rehabilitation and remedial classes; ADRA also provides psychosocial support, recreational opportunities, teacher training, and parenting sessions to compliment education efforts in school.
Psychosocial Support (PSS) Activities:
PSS counselors in Deir ez-Zour, Homs, and Rural Damascus target schools continued their involvement in classes with OOSC and remedial students.
Individual counseling is provided as needed, and group sessions cover topics beneficial to all participating pupils.
Recreational Activities:
ADRA, in collaboration with recreational facilitators in Deir ez-Zour, Homs, Latakia, and Rural Damascus, organized daily recreational activities for children.
These activities included arts and crafts, Physical Education (PE) activities to improve motor skills, focus games like rhythm imitation, energy games, dancing, and expressing feelings through drawing.
Teacher Capacity Building:
Teacher capacity building sessions were conducted in six target schools in Latakia and Rural Damascus.
Topics covered in these sessions included the importance of children's education, Maslow's Pyramid, and the importance of psychological support from parents.
Parent Sessions:
Parenting sessions continued in April 2023, focusing on various topics.
Sessions covered teachers expressing their emotions during disasters, Edgar Dale's cone of learning, multiple intelligences theory, utilizing multiple intelligences in the classroom, teacher styles using Kolb's Square, implementing the Exit Card Strategy, building trust, problem-solving techniques, and psychological and social support.
